Hello world!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I’m HOH and this blog was created so I hopefully came across other HOH people like me in the Nottinghamshire area, to discuss deaf issues that affect us. But regardless of where you live, or whether your HOH like me, or Deaf. You are welcome on this site.

And although this is mainly to discuss deaf issues, I’m sure I will be doing other posts we could chat about too.  

 

Just4Fun Answer

Here’s your answer to my previous post, ‘Just4Fun’. Answer is Co-op.

I’m very surprised there wasn’t more brits out there, willing to have a go. But then maybe you were stumped as I was.

Thanks Sarah for commenting on previous post and having a go.

Hope you found it fun anyway. Bye for now.

Just4Fun

Here’s a puzzle for you, just for fun. My boyfriend gave me this one to share with you. You will probably get the puzzle. But I’ll give you the answer for it next Thursday or Friday.

4 shop’s made out of match sticks.

These shops need to be turned into one well-known supermarket, by moving just 1 matchstick.

Have fun guessing. Leave your answers here. I must say I did not get it myself.

Bye for now x

He’s got the job! Yipee!

My boyfriend, Richard has got the job! Yipee! I’m so happy for him. Her starts officially Monday. We are going to celebrate tomorrow. My treat.

Monday

Had an Audiology appointment today, so I could hopefully have new ear moulds. Especially my right one, as this has been the only ear mould I’ve had since I first started wearing it in 2002. So its done me well.

I asked if there were novelty ones available, like a butterfly or glitter ones, after discovering from others that these are available on the NHS at their hospital. I discovered they are also available at mine too! Yipee!

She shown me selection I could pick from, but I stuck with the butterfly one, after seeing this was still available. They will let me know when they are ready to collect. Can’t wait

I’m also excited about something else too. I’m waiting for a couple a tops from Speak Up Shop, that I know have been shipped. Can’t wait! Will model them here. So watch this space.

What’s your fear?

What’s your fear. Mines dentist. Been there today for a check-up and everything was fine. So that’s it till another 6 months. I’m usually calm when it comes to a check up, but because I was seeing a different dentist I was nervous again. But it turned out when I seen him, he was better than my usual dentist.

My other phobias are:

• escalators (but I’m working on this one).
• big spiders (make me shiver)
• bees and wasps (try to avoid. I don’t run now, I freeze or walk away hoping it’s still not following me)
• flying (never done it and don’t plan to)
• snakes

I may be nervous going on the sea, but not sure about that one. I’m ok on a canal boat.

And that’s my phobias. What’s yours?

23rd October

23rd October will be 2 years that me and Richard having been going out together. We’ll be celebrating in some way that day, when I see him after work.

And make most of our weekend too, as this is the only time we get to see each other, as he’s on work experience, and with a bit of luck, there will be a job for him at the end of it. <fingers crossed>

Tinnitus

Tinnitus back with a vengance today. Ringing high pitched in my right ear today since I got up this morning. I put it down to stress at work in the past two days. Arrgh…

Well its Friday, which means last day at work today, and my weekend off to not think about it. Hope tonight goes quick.

My friend comes back today from her week away. We will be having a bottle of wine tonight with dinner, when I’m back from work. Her treat.

Tomorrow we will make a day of it down Mansfield.

So should be relaxed and chilled.

Would have been…

Would have been Lady’s birthday today, if she was still alive. Lady would have been 13 years old.

As you can see from above picture, my friend Kath has concreted Lady’s grave to protect it, as something, possibly a fox had been digging at it. But thankfully her resting place wasn’t disturbed, although I did find it upsetting that something tried. Kath has done a good job I think. You would have thought the concrete had been there for some time, and not just recently.

Kath knew it was Lady’s birthday at some point, so she put some flowers down for her in a pot, before going away. While rabbit sitting and looking after her place this week, I have lit a candle today in memory of her.

E-books……Don’t bother

When I buy a book, I usually buy a paper version, where I can sit back…hold it in my hands….feel the paper and enjoy my book. But after reading Twilight which I really enjoyed, I could not wait to get into the next sequel. So I’ve never done it this way before, but I thought I’d buy an e-book. NEVER AGAIN!! I’ll stick to paper in future. There was an error saying try again later on this e-book site, but like I do I thought I’d check my phone credit, and it was deducted off my phone credit. I even rang my mobile phone provider to check, and they told me it had. So  since 2nd Sept I have had a running battle with this particular e-book company. I told them everything that happened, what they needed to know. I’ve even started telling them what I plan to do next if this is not soon sorted. I failed to get phone calls on the day I was promised, so I ended up again phoning them back. You can imagine I was really annoyed now by this point. So basically I told them stuff your book, I now want a refund because this particular person who was supposed to get back to me did not. And I’m doing the chasing again. So to keep me quiet and try to make me happy, she sent me a link to my phone so I could get this e-book while they sort out this problem, and get to the point of refunding me. I also gave her my email address so they could contact me this way also.

But now I’m getting stupid questions by email. Even got my mobile number wrong. My final email went back directly with the person I last spoke to today. To get it sorted now, and to refund me Friday. They can look into where it went in their own time instead of wasting mine. They only have to get a conference call started, with themselves on it, me and my mobile phone provider, they will be able to hear it for themselves. Something they felt they do not need to do before when I mentioned it last time. So if they have got all what they needed, then why did they not refund me there and then on the last conversation?

Speak Up Librarian Shop

Sarah from Speak Up Librarian has started a new venture, I include the link here but it’s also under shopping on the right hand side and it looks good.

http://www.printfection.com/speakuplibrarian

Good luck Sarah, and all the best with your new venture.